Archive for April, 2010
St. Lucia Prime Minister King Participates in Historic Caricom Brazil Summit
St. Lucia's Prime Minister Stephenson King was among ten (10) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government who attended the first Brazil - CARICOM Summit, in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia on Monday April 26, 2010. The historic encounter took place within the context of strengthening Brazil-Caribbean cooperation and led to the signing of [...]
Computer Education Programme launched in St. Lucia
The Ministry of Education and Culture in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Lime and Mr. Michael Walker will formally launch the Computer Education Programme at 10.00 am on Monday 3rd, May 2010 at the Orchid Greenhouse Union Farm. This programme that commenced in 2009 will run over a period of three years and [...]
Partners Powering St. Lucia Jazz 2010
On the updated Sponsorship Partners List released this week by the Saint Lucia Tourist Board, some eighteen sponsors feature, representing a mix of local corporate entities as well as reputable international brands. Now in the third year of a strategic alliance with Saint Lucia Tourist Board as Sponsor Partner for key festivals and events which [...]
St. Lucia’s “Jazz in the South” workshops to benefit local musicians
Jazz in the South 2010, is more than just a festival of concerts and shows; it is an opportunity for local musicians to meet, learn from and exchange experiences with the many visiting artistes who come from all over the world! Evolving over the past years as more than a concert to a four day festival this year, beginning at the Rudy John Beach [...]
St. Lucia’s Mubarak launches new single “No Gaza, No Gully”
Valentine Moise better known as MUBARAK in the entertainment circles is entering the SOCA arena for 2010 for the first time with his brand new single “No Gully, No Gaza “ a groovy ragga-soca. MUBARAK who is a Barber by profession with a business of the same title, has been around the music circles for many years. His first public [...]
St. Lucia’s Homecoming 2010 Committee spearheads Partnership Fair Training Workshop
As part of preparation for Homecoming 2010, the Office of the Prime Minister in collaboration with the Home Coming 2010 Committee has organized a training workshop for participants in the planned Partnership Fair to be held during Home Coming 2010. The workshop will be held at the NIC Conference Room on Monday, April 26th, 2010 from 9:00 am to [...]
Cable & Wireless Communications PLC wins costs for Digicel case
Cable & Wireless Communications today announces it has been awarded its costs of successfully defending the claims by its Caribbean competitor, Digicel, in the UK High Court. The High Court last week dismissed the claims that Cable & Wireless Communications had unlawfully delayed Digicel’s entry as a competitor in Caribbean telecoms markets. [...]
St. Lucia’s Claudia “The Diva” Edwards to appear on BET’s Centric
Local St. Lucian singer Claudia "The Diva" Edward is getting ready to deliver a coup for the island later this month when she appears on the magazine type show Splash on Centric TV, formerly BET. Hot on the heels of the release of her third CD “Mic Check” and music video “Hey Boy” Claudia will debut on the Centric network this Saturday [...]
St. Lucian Yolande James Cabinet Minister and Quebec Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities
Yolande James was born in Montreal on November 21, 1977. Her parents, Frank and Tomacuita James, originally from the islands of St. Lucia and St. Vincent, gave Yolande and her older sister Francine a bilingual and bicultural education. Ms. James obtained a bachelor’s degree in civil law from the Université de Montréal in 2000. Winning the [...]
St. Lucia’s Prime Minister Hon. Stephenson King’s Budget Expenditure Address
Yesterday the world was able to view the opening of St. Lucia's Budget for 2010-2011 live via www.scruffytv.com. The proceeding's started with the Governor General's Throne speech at 11:00am and was followed from 5:00pm with the Prime Minister's Budget Expenditure Address which lasted for a little over 3 hours. If you missed the Prime [...]
